In the city of Shanghai, China, there was a man who had a large family, but sad to say he did not love them very much. He was poor, and could not buy enough food to feed them all, and so one day he said to the eldest girl, “You will have to take your little sister away, for we have too many mouths to feed.”
The eldest sister led her away to another part of that great city, and then said to her, “Wait here for a little while and I will soon be back.” This was a lie, for she had no thought of returning. After the little girl had waited a long time, she realized that her sister had forsaken her, and she started to cry. At last a kind policeman saw her and took her to a “love school,” which had been opened just for girls like her by missionaries who wanted to tell them about the Lord Jesus.
The kind missionaries took her in, and gave her a nice warm bath, a good meal, and a comfortable bed. She stayed in this new home for a long time, and there, with about two hundred girls like herself, she heard about how the Lord Jesus had died for sinners. She learned of a better home above where all the boys and girls who love Him as their Saviour will spend eternity.
Most of you who read this story have a father who loves you, and He would not leave you all alone on a street corner like this poor little Chinese girl. But no matter how much your father loves you, or how nice a home you have in this world, you will have to leave it some day. But if you come to Jesus and trust Him as your Saviour, His precious blood will cleanse you from every stain of sin and fit you perfectly for that bright Home above. He is already there and wants you to come and share His heavenly joys with Him and all His own.
ML-02/19/1978